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Shinzo Abe, the Prime Minister of Japan, meets with the President of the United States Barack Obama at the White House to discuss trade, economic, and security issues including North Korea and the Senkaku Islands dispute with China.
2013-02-22

Senkaku Islands dispute: Seven People's Liberation Army Navy warships are spotted by Japanese helicopters outside Japanese territorial waters near Yonaguni.
2012-10-16

Japan's Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba, states that his country intends to reach out to the international community to seek support for its sovereignty over the disputed islands.
2012-09-27

The UN publicly releases documents from China and Japan detailing their contesting claims. [http:--www3.nhk.or.jp-daily-english-20120927_12.html (NHK World)]date=August 2019
2012-09-27

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda meets with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, explaining to him that the islands are "Japan's inherent territory" and that "there is no territorial dispute as such".
2012-09-27

Anti-Japan protests are staged outside the UN. [http:--www3.nhk.or.jp-daily-english-20120927_04.html (NHK World)]date=August 2019
2012-09-26

China cancels events commemorating the 40th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations with Japan.
2012-09-24

China's Xi Jinping denounces Japan's nationalization of the Senkaku Islands as a "farce" and that Tokyo should "rein in its behavior."
2012-09-19

Ten Chinese surveillance ships sailed into the contiguous zone off the Senkaku Islands, following a similar incursion by a fishery monitoring ship earlier in the day.
2012-09-18

Japan lodges a formal protest with China after the presence of the latter's patrol boats near the disputed Senkaku Islands.
2012-07-11